FBI aids search for suspect in teen's slaying

The FBI is aiding Chicago police in the search for a reputed gang member wanted in the fatal daylight shooting of a West Side teen last fall as he stood on his front porch beside his mother.

An arrest warrant was issued for Keith Talbert, 26, an alleged member of the Conservative Vice Lords, in October for the slaying of Antonio Johnson, 15, a sophomore at Marshall Metropolitan High School who played linebacker on the school's frosh-soph football team.

Earlier this week, federal authorities charged Talbert with fleeing out of state to avoid prosecution for the murder. According to the criminal complaint, Talbert hasn’t been seen in the Chicago area since the Sept. 25 murder.

Police said that Johnson and his mother, Annette, were outside their home in the 700 block of North Springfield Avenue when a car pulled up and an occupant opened fire. Johnson was fatally shot in the head, while his mother sustained a wound to her forearm. Antonio's ailing grandmother, in need of a transplant, was given his kidney.

Police have said Antonio and his mother were not the intended targets of the shooting. She has said an occupant from the car shouted her other son's name before the shots rang out.

The murder case was featured last month in an episode of the TV show, “America’s Most Wanted.”